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I agree with Clive and Colin. Also it is almost impossible to get a dentist around my area unless you go private.

Happy Birthday BCC, hope you have a nice day.

I think it looks like post mint damage to me. It looks a little too deep to be a planchet flaw. A planchet flaw is caused by imperfections in the metal, due to a poor mix and combinations of metals a thin strip of the metal separates itself from the coin.

I've had tropical fish ever since I was a child. I don't know if they are considered "exotic" enough though? I did fancy keeping marine fish but I think it would be hard when it comes to holidays as I already have to ask family to come in and feed the cat and tropical fish. If I had to ask them to monitor salt levels etc they may feel slightly put out. Edited to add I'm 30.

It is a nice design. Re Coins4u.net. you can click on the banner on the bottom of this forum. I've also just sold the brockage florin pictured above. It's a lovely coin and was one of my favourite errors but I have been re-focusing and although I still really like errors I sold most of mine to raise funds for my world gold and fractional farthing coins.

As far as US AT coins and TGP's new stance. PCGS's prior policy was "if we're not 100% sure it's AT, then we'll slab it". As part of their solutions to the coin doctoring problem. PCGS and NGC recently stated that their policy is now "if we're not 100% sure it's NT, we won't slab it". So expect to see less wild toned coins in their plastic.

Did you buy it on Coins4u.net?

Welcome to the forum Jake

Natural toning: but I agree with Rob a lot of the US coins will be AT. You see some that have only been minted for a matter of a few years yet they have rainbow toning. I hear the grading services (PCGS, NGC) have tightened up their standards and are body bagging (not grading) many of the colourful coins sent into them.

I'm not a 100% sure but I think they do the lettering on these at a different time to striking the main design of the obverse and reverse. That is probably why they are 50/50 when it comes to which way up the lettering is. As for the missing letters I agree with Chris and the The Dark Numismatist in that I think it is probably struck through grease or perhaps without the correct force needed. The mint sometimes do strike some coins with different amounts of force to check the pressure prior to striking the main batch, perhaps its one of them?

Hard to see the dent you describe, I can barely make it out. The thing that doesn't look right to me and it may be the picture is the colour of the coin. From the picture it looks like it may have been cleaned, which will affect its value.

I've heard one theory that it is due to grease blocking the die detail. This will not compress when the die is used if an airtight seal is formed and so the design is either non-existent or only weakly struck up. I have a few pieces like this. That's what I also believe is wrong with this coin. I don't think it will command much of a premium as it wouldn't be classed as a major error like an off centre strike or a brockage.

Happy Birthday Geoff

I don't know it was either that or food poisoning. Me and Lorraine both had it. All I can say is I threw up pretty much relentlessly for 24 hours, from about Sunday night 18:30pm I couldn't even keep a glass of juice down. I still feel weak today although I went back to work. I only managed to eat a banana for lunch.

Happy birthday Chris, Many Happy Returns. Sorry to hear about your illness. I've been suffering from a illness and diarrhoea bug (which I first thought was food poisoning) I've only just started to feel half normal again today.

Welcome to the forum Hux. I've answered your questions in the other post.

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I've started putting my gold coins into my own slabs because although gold doesn't tone and is not affected by verdigris etc. it is actually a relativity soft metal therefore easy to mark and damage. At the end of the day some will argue that coins have survived for hundreds of years without slabs and they could still survive without them, but we are all custodians of the coins we own and when we pass away they will belong to some other collector/s. Therefore we have a duty to protect them and try to keep them in best condition as possible be it slabs cabinets or other wise. Its all down to personal preference. If anyone wants to take away any wise words from the posts made so far and to summarise: Don't always believe what is written on the label whether it be grade or variety but slabs themselves are a safe and secure way to store your coins.

Colin Cooke has a couple of VIP 1/2 d's for sale at the moment. 1957 and 60 if I remember right. One is cameo while the other isn't.

Link to topic below: http://www.predecimal.com/forum/index.php?...60&start=60

I received my copy today. I've only had a chance to have a quick flick through but it looks great. I will enjoy looking over it in more detail later. Thanks once again Dave.

Welcome to the forum.

Sounds great and very useful. Email sent.

Never a better word said. or as the old saying goes buy the coin and not the slab.

Colin these also look nice as you get different coloured background options: http://www.valleycoin.com/index.php?cPath=9_406_664